Biological Sciences (Biotechnology with Enterprise)

Take your scientific ideas from the lab bench to the marketplace with this innovative Biotechnology and Enterprise course. No prior knowledge of business or enterprise is needed as you study biotechnology alongside entrepreneurship, fully supported by our outstanding Business School.

You will develop in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of applied cellular and molecular life sciences, in addition to the business skills necessary to turn your ideas into a reality.

With this exciting degree, you’ll explore global challenges such as food security, designing biofuels and development of new medicines, enabling you to have a practical impact on the world.

This integrated Masters (MBiol) gives you an additional year of specialist training, to study advanced research topics and undertake your own extended research project. You may also choose to apply for our 3 year BSc and transfer to an MBiol up until the end of your second year, subject to suitable academic performance.

Course highlights

• Weekly practical classes, with the option to experience working in a research lab in your final year.

• The University student enterprise community offers you opportunities to network with entrepreneurs.

• Delivered using inspirational, engaging and inclusive approaches. Develop the key skills and attributes you’ll need to become one of the next generation of thinkers, innovators and leaders, equipped to make a positive difference in a complex and ever-changing interconnected world.

• Start your own business with support from Spark.

• Gain further practical experience and boost your employability through our Year in Industry programme.

• The University of Leeds has been awarded with the Small Business Charter accreditation, for excellence in entrepreneurship education.

• Extensive wellbeing and employability support from dedicated faculty teams.

• Experience life and learning in a different country through our study abroad programme, where you'll gain fresh perspectives and develop skills valued by employers.

• The ongoing expansion of biosciences creates varied employment prospects and career opportunities.